Peractum Est!
Date1897
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationQuo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1897)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 16 7/8 in. (66 × 42.9 cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (79.4 × 56.5 cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (79.4 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Richard C. du Pont, 1965
Object number1965-17
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe Latin title "peractum est" means "it is finished." The scene is a gladiatorial contest from Quo Vadis, a historical novel about Rome in the first century ACE.
